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Hi there! I found this by a river and meddow almost walked into it as it was climbing to higher ground in mid air. I have never ever seen one here in nova Scotia and I am 34. It is very small and my camera does not do it justice. It is definitely an orange red body unlike the muddy orange brown my camera is capturing. I've never seen such a blood red spider ever. I know it's a dwarf species but I can't figure out if it is Hypselistes Florens or Walckenareia Auranticeps? It is very shiny black female. Would anyone be able to help me know for sure? I am leaning toward Walckenareia though because it's mandible are not as bulbous as some of the Florens look? I can't find what they eat or if they are in Nova Scotia on any spider locate site? Please help me and my 8 year old learn about this spider in the name of science!
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- Submitted: Jun 1, 2020
- Photographed: Jun 2, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks),Saltwater ocean, river, lake, stream,Open field, pasture, prairie, grassland
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
P.s. her name is Karen.
In the names of Karen and Science I stayed up too late looking for an answer. 🙂 https://bugguide.net/node/view/40182 So far the Orbweaver genus Hypsosinga looks like a possibility. I haven’t had a chance to look up the ones you suggested (don’t have them all memorized yet). A good source for the ranges of bugs in North America is Bugguide.net We’re sort of a spin-off from that site. If you create a free account on that site you’ll have more access to location data of the photo submissions. They have detailed info on many species. There are more volunteers here who… Read more »